suc_idn_idn1226idn1226idnsucyesField Director's Report, May 4 - August 15, 1968, South Carolina Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleNewman, I. DeQuincey (Isaiah DeQuincey), 1911-1985Progressive Development CorporationCorporation reports--South CarolinaNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People. South Carolina State ConferenceAfrican Americans--Civil rights--South CarolinaCivil rights workers--South CarolinaMeetings--South CarolinaMembership campaigns--South CarolinaYouth--Political activityCollege students--Political activityScheduling--South CarolinaVoter registration--South CarolinaLow-income housing--South CarolinaEconomic assistance, Domestic--United StatesEconomic assistance, Domestic--Citizen participationPoverty--South Carolina6 pagesSix page typewritten report prepared by NAACP Field Director for South Carolina, Isaiah DeQuincey Newman. The report covers the time period between May 4 through August 15, 1968, and begins with a tally of meetings attended, speaking engagements, miles traveled, news interviews, and correspondence received and mailed. The report concludes with summaries of new branches and youth councils organized, the status of a summer project for voter registration, the establishment of a corporation to develop low income housing, and the organization of a state Poor People's Conference event in Columbia.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.Local identification number: pne6808Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Library Digital CollectionsSouth Carolina Political CollectionsUniversity of South Carolina. Library. Digital CollectionsIsaiah DeQuincey Newman Collection (University of South Carolina. Library. Digital Collections2008engTexthttp://digital.tcl.sc.edu/u?/idn,1226image/jpgManuscriptsFolder: Newman, Top., NAACP, Reports, 1968, Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Papers, South Carolina Political Collections, The University of South Carolina LibrariesForms part of online collection: Isaiah De Quincey Newman (1911-1985) Papers, 1929-2003.1968-08-152007Columbia (S.C.)Richland County (S.C.)Georgetown County (S.C.)Williamsburg County (S.C.)Charleston County (S.C.)Chesterfield (S.C.)Pageland (S.C.)Chesterfield County (S.C.)Digital image copyright 2007, The University of South Carolina. All rights reserved. For more information contact South Carolina Political Collections, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.20140214 134538